Scoham Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Manager profile - strangely enough, choosing Sunday League footballer as my past experience gave me a national reputation at the start. Maybe a problem, but possibly because your managing in Iceland the national rep is a lot lower than national rep in England would be, if that makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence Seedorf Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Just played my first match, and my new Argie striker scored his first hattrick. Shame my new GK, who could be a star, decided to have an off day. My first match I signed a new GK, 2 centre backs, a new striker and some youth players. I'm hoping to add a couple of more players. I've got a €70k budget, after adjusting the budgets. I had a €8k a week salary budget, while I only used about 1.5k. Anyhow, I expect I can stay up with my current team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 gonna give this challenge a go once i've given Worksop a go on the dafuge challenge. first time doing any of these challenges (used to take easy option of either teams from established leagues or my beloved sheffield wednesday) so 'honing my skills' in England first. i do like the idea of these challenges.... good luck to everyone doing this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 briott. Super first season. endtime. Yeah there do seem to be some issues with scouting knowledge, you certainly got some random nations their. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Originally posted by Clarence Seedorf:Just played my first match, and my new Argie striker scored his first hattrick. Shame my new GK, who could be a star, decided to have an off day. My first match I signed a new GK, 2 centre backs, a new striker and some youth players. I'm hoping to add a couple of more players. I've got a €70k budget, after adjusting the budgets. I had a €8k a week salary budget, while I only used about 1.5k. Anyhow, I expect I can stay up with my current team. Good luck with FK Zeleznicar. Did you get any real players in the sqaud when you took over or where they all 'greys'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Good to see this back Gundo. Shall be attempting this at some point. Good luck to all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie15 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Originally posted by Jimbokav1971:Don't wind him up dafuge . You know how tetchy he dets when he realises that Burda will forever live in the shadow of the legend that is Super Kyle . Shadows, please Burda, he's the man he willeclispse the so and so kyle or whatever his name is Jimbo Gundo, apologies for not being around to support you in your argument with Jimbo and co. There will only ever be one Patrik "The Legend" Burda! A few questions for the supporters of SuperKyle! (1) Did he win a Champions League winners medal? (2) Did he win a Premiership Champions medal? (3) Did he win the Premiership Player of the Year award? (thinks for the briefest of moments) erm.......no! Did Burda? Yes Case closed!!!! Oh, on another note i'll be doing this in a short while once Mangotsfield are crowned champions of Europe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Well said cooks. Kyle isn't even competition for our boy Burda. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 (1) Did he win a Champions League winners medal?(2) Did he win a Premiership Champions medal? (3) Did he win the Premiership Player of the Year award? It's not his fault that I'm a carp manager . Did Burda get to the World Cup Final amaged by the AI? I think not . World Cup 2014 Top scorer. World Cup 2014 Dream Team. More than 50 International goals managed by AI. I thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie15 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Originally posted by Jimbokav1971:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">(1) Did he win a Champions League winners medal? (2) Did he win a Premiership Champions medal? (3) Did he win the Premiership Player of the Year award? It's not his fault that I'm a carp manager . Did Burda get to the World Cup Final amaged by the AI? I think not . World Cup 2014 Top scorer. World Cup 2014 Dream Team. More than 50 International goals managed by AI. I thank you. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Hmmm i best check on that! I'll get back to you on that one Jimbo!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence Seedorf Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Originally posted by Gundo:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Clarence Seedorf: Just played my first match, and my new Argie striker scored his first hattrick. Shame my new GK, who could be a star, decided to have an off day. My first match I signed a new GK, 2 centre backs, a new striker and some youth players. I'm hoping to add a couple of more players. I've got a €70k budget, after adjusting the budgets. I had a €8k a week salary budget, while I only used about 1.5k. Anyhow, I expect I can stay up with my current team. Good luck with FK Zeleznicar. Did you get any real players in the sqaud when you took over or where they all 'greys'? </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Plenty of real players, which should make it slightly easier. I thought they were alright, until I played some other teams in my league in friendlies, I got hammered. So I'm in the process of offloading most of them currently. I feel it's a tad to easy to sign players of decent quality, mainly those that are transfer listed at clubs in the highest division. Whether that's just in Serbia, or due to FM08, I'm not sure. The scouting knowledge is screwed up though, I've got a pretty decent knowledge of Denmark. Sweden and Norway, despite having a Dutch nationality and know sweet FA about Scandinavian football IRL. Maybe I've got an in-game Scandinavian missus, who knows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
endtime Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Magni, Icelandic First Division, 2008 The board wanted us to fight bravely relegation, but didn't help matters at all by setting the maximum wage I could offer to 30 pounds p/w. Because of this I signed mainly lower division players, and we were a class below the top and mid-table teams in our division. We never really left the vicinity of the bottom of the table, fortunately the other promoted team, Tindastóll, were utterly hopeless and managed only 4 points all season, which left only one relegation place to take. We were the early favourites, at one point going on a run of 7 losses with no goals scored. Our form picked up somewhat in the last third of the season, and we needed at least a draw in the final match against KS/Leiftur to stay up at their expense. A tense match that saw a valid goal for KS/Leiftur disallowed, two valid penalties to us not given and a player sent off for them finally ended 3:2 in our favour, which meant we would be competing in the same division in the following season. League table Best players: Eyþór Páll Ãsgeirsson - top scorer, it was his goals that kept us up. Hörður I Harðarsson - best midfielder. Björn Sverrisson - joined midway through the season and got a very respectable average rating, also scoring some crucial goals from midfield. So far it's proving more difficult than FM07, mainly due to the draconian wage restrictions... and I'm loving it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sazchu Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 This should be fun, I've gone for Turkey and it's the first time i play in that league so it will be interesting. This is me The team i've gone for is Keciörengücü. Some of my players I've got a squad full of players and a chairman who is looking to get out. No transfer budget for the season and the club has a balance of 30k, let's hope it will be much higher in a few years time. Media Prediction: 10th Team Long term expectations: Do what i can to survive in the Second Division in the 2 years my contract lasts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 25 p/w! Now there is difficulty for you. It's a good job you are enjoying the added difficulty managing in Iceland, with that nation having the lowest reputation. I think Iceland is going to be the most fashionable place to manage in this years challenge, taking the place of Northern Ireland from being most popular in Fm07. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Originally posted by Sazchu:This should be fun, I've gone for Turkey and it's the first time i play in that league so it will be interesting. This is me The team i've gone for is Keciörengücü. Some of my players I've got a squad full of players and a chairman who is looking to get out. No transfer budget for the season and the club has a balance of 30k, let's hope it will be much higher in a few years time. Media Prediction: 10th Team Long term expectations: Do what i can to survive in the Second Division in the 2 years my contract lasts. Best of luck Sazchu, a full sqaud of players aswell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
argyle4ever Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Im in!!! Northern Ireland, only one team to choose from, it must be my destiny!!!! Profile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDiCanio Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I'm going for Sweden. With a very peculiar system (involving 6 leagues in the Second Division), I'm gonna have to do a bit of research as to how it works. Wikipedia, Often very handy. With 72 teams its gonna take a fair while to pick find someone who wasn't here last season, so I'll repost when I've got my team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDiCanio Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 The New Boss Lots Of Space for Stanley on the favored personnel? Started with about 8 players, all of whom had been signed on free transfers in the 2 months leading up to me signing on as boss. That took ages, and I've gotta go now. But when I get back, Eslovs season will begin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDiCanio Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 lol @ the msn pop-up in the second screenshot. Should really check for things like that right? xD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 *****First hot-seat entries into Gundo's challenge***** Jimbokav1971. I have taken over Clough Rangers. JimbokavJr1996. I have taken over Kilmore Rec. We are both playing the game at the same time on one pc, so the posts with pics will come under this username, however Harry, (JimbokavJr1996), may post under his own username at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Good luck with that Jimbo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Originally posted by aaberdeenn:Good luck with that Jimbo. JimbokavJr1996 posting...... Hey! What about me ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 Best of luck to argyle4ever and MrDiCanio, N.Ireland and Sweden are both great places to manage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Originally posted by Jimbokav1971:*****First hot-seat entries into Gundo's challenge***** Jimbokav1971. I have taken over Clough Rangers. JimbokavJr1996. I have taken over Kilmore Rec. We are both playing the game at the same time on one pc, so the posts with pics will come under this username, however Harry, (JimbokavJr1996), may post under his own username at times. Best of luck to both of you, especially Jr at Kilmore Rec Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 Originally posted by Jimbokav1971:*****First hot-seat entries into Gundo's challenge***** Jimbokav1971. I have taken over Clough Rangers. JimbokavJr1996. I have taken over Kilmore Rec. We are both playing the game at the same time on one pc, so the posts with pics will come under this username, however Harry, (JimbokavJr1996), may post under his own username at times. Interesting... Good luck to both of you. I think my moneys on Jimbo Jr winning now that target men aren't as influential as they where in FM07. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 League reputations are now included in the challenge guidelines chaps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav_Jr_1996 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Thanks defauge My Dad told me you managed them so when I saw them get promoted i chose to take them. thanks Gundo i think i will always beat him anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
argyle4ever Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 1st league game didnt go too well!!! 1st Game!!! However I did well in the Intermediate cup group beating Carrick of Div 1 and drawing with Tobermore, also of Div 1, but i lost the other two against Div 2 teams!! I have signed a promising 'keeper in Andrew Wright but he has only had one decent performance in the 1-1 draw with Tobermore and seems quite error-prone!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyquest409 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Real men take charge of teams with reputation 100 or less (No, I haven't missed a zero off that ) Profile 'Mon the Sky Blues! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluenose_92 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Just starting the holiday now, going to go to the mighty nation of Belgium (sorry but I'm a complete newb to challenges) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyquest409 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 My striker is asking for too much money! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Originally posted by Jimbokav1971:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by aaberdeenn: Good luck with that Jimbo. JimbokavJr1996 posting...... Hey! What about me ? </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Sorry, I did consider you but kinda forgot to put it in. Good luck though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Originally posted by johnnyquest409:My striker is asking for too much money! This challenge looks like it shall be fun. I'm considering starting up after I've done my first season on dafuge's challenge. I might end up alternating after each season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyquest409 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Originally posted by aaberdeenn:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by johnnyquest409: My striker is asking for too much money! This challenge looks like it shall be fun. I'm considering starting up after I've done my first season on dafuge's challenge. I might end up alternating after each season. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Yeah, I'm doing dafuge's challenge mainly at the moment, just took a break to choose my team for this challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundo Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 Originally posted by johnnyquest409:My striker is asking for too much money! I think it would be great if it told you what their other job was when their not playing or training, for part-time players. Perhaps that could be one for FM09... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyquest409 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Originally posted by Gundo:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by johnnyquest409: My striker is asking for too much money! I think it would be great if it told you what their other job was when their not playing or training, for part-time players. Perhaps that could be one for FM09... </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Careful with that one Gundo! You'd just then get loads of requests in GQ for the manager to be able to have another job too! I've signed the lad up full-time anyway, even though he was in my squad from the start, my Assman thinks he'd be a decent Premier Division player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 my Assman thinks he'd be a decent Premier Division player Thumbs Up You got a screenie of his stats? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluenose_92 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 holidayed too long, i might go poland instead :S Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
briott Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Kalmar AIK FK - Second Season (2009) Swedish First Division North[\b] My firt season in the third level of swedish football. My balance is awful and keeps dropping. With a wage budget of 28k€ per month (22k€ last year) and a wonderful 0€ transfer budget, I was not able to improve the team much. So that the team is basically the same that won the promotion last year. 2009 transfers 2009 Squad My three new players : Andreas Karlsson Martin Michalski PE Bourdeau This year was not very exciting. I was around the 8th place from the start to the end. The team was not consistent at all, winning away games against 1st tier team, then losing at home against scrubs... League Table First Division Players Stats 2009 Squad Stats At the very beginning of the season, we played in the swedish cup against the mighty Halmstad team => ARGG. I'm now building a competitive team for next year. I feel I won't be far from the promotion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste93 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Seeing as how i aint done a challenge before, my managing skills are average and i have never managed anywhere out of england since CM4 i decided to go for Iceland which has the lowest league reputation. Lets see how many clubs i can get through choosing to start the game in december 2007, its 2009 by the time im in a job as Reynir manager. 1000 capacity stadium, club is approximatly worth £65k. We're currently in the middle of a take over bid which could see an influx of cash or me being booted out the door before i put the pictures of the kids in my office. Media reckon an 11th placed finish (relegation) but me assistant reckons comfortable mid table. So who knows? Profile: http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m302/BuryFanSte/profile.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyquest409 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Originally posted by aaberdeenn:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">my Assman thinks he'd be a decent Premier Division player Thumbs Up You got a screenie of his stats? </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Sure thing. There you go Really nothing special at all, I think it might just be my Assman being feckless, but we'll see. Also picked up '07 favourite Paul Conlon who again doesn't look that great but my Assman thinks he's good enough for the Premier Division too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Stats-wise, neither looks great but then again, it is only Northern Ireland. Only time will tell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaberdeenn Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Originally posted by aaberdeenn:Stats-wise, neither looks great but then again, it is only Northern Ireland. Only time will tell. Conlon does look like quite a decent lower league target man though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emgergo Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 This year I've decided to take part in this excellent challenge, which will serve as my LLM-save too I took over a tiny team from Istambul, Anadolu Üsküdar 1908 Spor (short A. Üsküdar). Stadium capacity is 4000, financial status OK, no staff, board wants to attempt to avoid relegation. We have two affiliations, it looks like the standard setup for Turkish clubs: a parent and a feeder. The Turkish Second League is surely the most complicated championship in Europe. I had to draw a graph to understand what is going on Looks like a hellish place, too Meet me: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emgergo Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 We are celebrating the 100th anniversary for the club. Which has a nice void space under the Honours page Chairman wants the club "to move gracefully into their second sentury" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
endtime Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 good luck emgergo I remember that in CM 01/02 it was possible for the board's confidence to drop from delighted to angry after one loss in a derby match in Turkey, wonder if it still works that way Magni, Icelandic First Division 2009 After just barely surviving the previous year, the board decided that the going hasn't been tough enough and slashed my wage budget by half, also lowering the maximum wage I could offer to 20 pounds per week. It was rather unsurprising that we had a terrible start, failing to score in the first 8 games, and this time there was no Tindastoll to book the last place far in advance. We managed to turn things a bit in the second half of the season, and it again it all came down to the last match, only this time a draw wouldn't be enough. After a nail-biting 90 minutes we just barely managed to overcome Völsungur by 2 goals to 1 and stay up. League table - same position and points total as last year, defence a bit tighter but up front we were awful Best players: Þorbjörn Atli Sveinsson - after Ãsgeirsson picked up a serious injury, Þorbjörn stepped up and scored the crucial goals that kept us up. Björgvin Freyr Vilhjálmsson - decent season from the defensive midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emgergo Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 good luck emgergo. I remember that in CM 01/02 it was possible for the board's confidence to drop from delighted to angry after one loss in a derby match in Turkey, wonder if it still works that way Thanks I've just looked at the rivals list. We apparantly hate half the teams in Istambul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbokav1971 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Originally posted by emgergo:We are celebrating the 100th anniversary for the club. Which has a nice void space under the Honours page Chairman wants the club "to move gracefully into their second sentury" Can you show us a pic so we can see what you mean please . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emgergo Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Just referred to the fact that the team has won **** all this far. Not even a third tier podium on the Honours part of the history screen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emgergo Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Sazchu! Didn't you have any problems with players registration for the Turkish second division? I've had a news item coming on 1st July to register players. No chance to register the new signings since then, although the rules say, registration is continous from 1st July to 1st September, coinciding with the summer transfer window. All the other teams have this problem too. This might be a bug, but I'm not sure. At the current stage about 40% of the league's players are ineligible. Any ideas from anyone who has managed in the Turkish 2nd Division? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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